Entries by Suzanne Cholwek

Recognizing Plant Direct authors: Kaori Yoneyama

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Kaori Yoneyama, first author of Hydroxyl carlactone derivatives are predominant strigolactones in Arabidopsis Current Position: Assistant Professor, Ehime University Education: BS & MS, Utsunomiya University; PhD, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Non-scientific Interests: watching children, walking, and eating something nice Brief bio: Kaori is an Assistant Professor at Ehime University in bio-organic chemistry. She has been interested in […]

Recognizing Plant Cell authors: Qian Xu

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Qian Xu, co-first author of  Strigolactone and Karrikin Signaling Pathways Elicit Ubiquitination and Proteolysis of SMXL2 to Regulate Hypocotyl Elongation in Arabidopsis thaliana Current Position: Currently unemployed Education: PhD in Genetics at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGDB, CAS). B.Sc. in Biotechnology at Sun Yat-sen University Non-scientific Interests: travel […]

Recognizing Plant Cell authors: Lei Wang

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Lei Wang, co-first author of Strigolactone and Karrikin Signaling Pathways Elicit Ubiquitination and Proteolysis of SMXL2 to Regulate Hypocotyl Elongation in Arabidopsis thaliana Current Position: Post doctor, Agricultural Genome Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Education: Ph.D. (Genetics) in Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; M.Sc. (Cell biology) in […]

Recognizing Plant Direct authors: Craig Schenck

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Craig Schenck, first author of Role of Cytosolic, Tyrosine-Insensitive Prephenate Dehydrogenase in Medicago truncatula Current Position: NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow Education: B.S. Plant Biology, Ohio, University; M.S. Molecular Biology, Ohio, University; Ph.D. Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison Non-scientific Interests: running, gardening, and my family Brief bio: Craig is currently an NSF postdoctoral research fellow working with […]

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: An Quoc Pham

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An Quoc Pham, first author of Arabidopsis Lectin Receptor Kinase P2K2 is a second plant receptor for extracellular ATP and contributes to innate immunity Current posotion: Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, University of Missouri – Columbia, Columbia, MO, USA Education: PhD in plant Sciences, University of Missouri – Columbia, Columbia, MO, USA Non-scientific interests: pets, sports, music, […]

Recognizing Plant Cell authors: Markus Alahuhta

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Markus Alahuhta, co-first author of Molecular mechanism of polysaccharide acetylation by the Arabidopsis xylan O-acetyltransferase XOAT1 Current Position: Research Scientist, National Renewable Energy Laboratory Education: Ph.D., Biochemistry, University of Oulu, Finland Non-scientific Interests: PC gaming, camping, and hunting/hiking Brief Bio: Biochemist specialized in macromolecular X-Ray crystallography, enzyme characterization/purification, lignocellulosic biomass deconstruction and cell-free enzymatic biocatalysis […]

Recognizing Plant Cell authors: Vivek Bharadwaj

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Vivek Bharadwaj, co-first author of Molecular mechanism of polysaccharide acetylation by the Arabidopsis xylan O-acetyltransferase XOAT1 Current Position: Staff Scientist at National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado Education: PhD Chemical Engineering Non-scientific Interests: cooking, following Formula 1, cricket, and current affairs Brief bio: Vivek‘s research focuses on using molecular modeling approaches to understand […]

Recognizing Plant Cell authors: Hsin-Tzu Wang

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Hsin-Tzu Wang, co-first author of Molecular mechanism of polysaccharide acetylation by the Arabidopsis xylan O-acetyltransferase XOAT1 Current Position: Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Georgia Education: B.S. and M.S. in Forestry and Resource Conservation at National Taiwan University Non-scientific Interests: playing volleyball and ukulele Brief bio: I obtained my B.S. […]

Recognizing Plant Cell authors: Vladimir V. Lunin

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Vladimir V. Lunin, co-first author of Molecular mechanism of polysaccharide acetylation by the Arabidopsis xylan O-acetyltransferase XOAT1 Current Position: Scientist IV, Biosciences Center, National Renewable Energy Lab Education: PH.D. In Chemistry awarded by the Institute of Crystallography of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow Russia in 2000, M.S. In Chemistry awarded by the Moscow State […]